The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-04

that came across yesterday was pair OF
shoes. They stood on amerchant' scoun
ter, and, taking them up, / found that they
were singularly weighted. In eachtoe was
slip of lead, like those sometimes put on
trotting horses to make them throw out
their feet freely, while on the insides of
the ankles were small hunks of leather,
similar to the devices for curing horses
of the habit of interfering" The mer-
chant said 'eThe girl for whom made
those shoes to order expects that they
will improve her gait. She has studied
| the treatment of horses as to faults of
steps, and her notion is that toe-weights
freedom and springiness to her walk" OF
course, he lied; but he had contrived to
divert me, to show me something that
would be sure to speak of among my
friends, and SO his purpose was ac-
complished.
A firm of London tailors for women
has a New York establishment. The
evidences are many that they have reck-
oned on taking very profitable advantage
of the Anglomania among our women OF
fashion and wealth, for they take especial
pains to announce their employment at
home by aristocrats. A feature of the
establishment is the exhibition of gar
ments on living models--not pretty girls
hired for the service, but genuine English
beauties, imported SO freshly that their
London accent is not yet in the slightest
degree impaired. There are fifteen OF
them, and all young, with handsome
faces and slender, 1.-THE, shapely figures
on which the clothes are displayed to the
best possible advantage. They chat
agreeably with the crowd of shoppers
strike effective attitudes, and walk about
with gait presumably that of the most
| approved London bellies.
But there is still more remarkable de-
vice for catching the fancy of New York
wearers of fashionable garments. In the
center of one room stands a hobby horse,
as big as life, covered with real equine
| skin and supported in such way on
| springs as to rise and fall like gallcper
| in motion. The sides of the apartments
are mirrors. This is the department for
riding habits. The woman who seeks a
new costume for equestrianism is asked
to select several models, and these she
NAV test as to effect by DOMINIC them,
taking seat on the back of the imitation
| steed and contemplating herself in the
mirrors while in the saddle. In case she
doesn't care to mount the hobby horse
herself one of the imported girls CORE
spending most nearly to her size and
shape performs the feat.
Women make q laborious matter of
| shopping, and an expensive one, too, be-
| You'd doubt. When the young husband
sees his bride at the breakfast table, be-
| fore time enough has elapsed since their
honeymoon to temper his sentiments
with common sense, he regards her white
sacque as natural attribute to her love-
liness-as something that kind of grew
on her all of itself like the leaf of a lily.
Well, it didn't. She toddled around town
the whole afternoon to get the materials.
The cloth is cream-white orient flannel
from Broadway. The principal trimming
is white lace, in frills and jabots, and nc
one but herself knows how many stores
she went into before finding a perfect
match over in Sixth avenue. The EN-
Enlistment of long-looped satin ribbon
represents dnOthCA PiOAObSCN tOaA1 tilu-
ing in success down in Fourteenth street.
That is how single breakfast sacque
was gotten together, and it may be dimly
imagined how much greater is the under
taking when it contemplates an elaborate
toilet.
A man is of no account in the shop
ping region, and indeed is seldom seen,
except behind a counter. And il he
ventures into dry goods store, it re-
quires all his nerve to sustain him. Be-
sides being a focus for hundreds of
bright eyes, under which he will grow
TREMENDOUSLY apprehensive that his neck
tie is awry, or his hat indented, or his
face dirty, he finds himself suddenly
thrown among things which, If unmar-
ried, he ought to know nothing about.
His hat comes in contact with bustles
hung overhead, he is confronted with
arrays of feminine underwear, plaster
| figures wearing corsets meet his abashed
| gaze, and hosiery dances like phantom
ballet before his dazed vision.
Odd incidents break the monotony OF
shopping. Most demure of shoppers
was the girl whom saw in one of the
large stores trying on an. ulster Sud-
| denly an employee snatched the garment
! of her shoulders and commanded her to
go out. She insisted that she wanted to
| buy the cloak, but was rudely expelled
This was because she was taken for an
emissary of rival dealers, and was sup
posed 10 nave come as spy to learn
| prices ana qualities. They made mis-
take, however, and the consequence is
sun Tor damages; a manager OF a large
sssapIsnment tens me that nearly every
firm in the fancy and dry goods lines
II.
employs woman 70 make rounds OF the
ssoiss IN .ne guise OF an ordinary SHOP
per "a oraer 10 coiiect information. Her
reports serve as a guiae LOT the raising
OF .he towering OF prices; ! she nnds
mat competitor mas marked down lot
~ cameo, Ior instance, nef employer VIII
el.ner maze sun lower reduction OF
hees enis particular point OF opposition
~ 'n.owing some similar ane OF goods
On ms bargain counter. inc rivalry Is
such anu tne TRACE SO DIVIDED that some
ZINES nunoreas Oh aoiiars WIZ De aeliD-
eaa.eiy sacIlnceu In q DAY py selling IN
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